• Vote: Is Joey Votto's snub a bigger injustice than Omar Infante's inclusion?
• Rank 'Em: Where does Votto stand in the National League MVP race?
• More from ESPN.com: Jayson Stark breaks down the best and worst All-Star selections.

Might an All-Star snub the best thing that ever happened to Joey Votto's MVP candidacy in the National League? As of Monday morning, the Reds first baseman leads the NL in OPS (he's tied for fifth in RBIs, for the Monty Burns among you). Also as of Monday morning, he's not an All-Star. And for that reason, you're probably going to hear more about Votto in the next 48 hours than in the entirety of his career to date. It takes something like a snub to get people fired up about someone like Votto. Just ask SportsNation blogger M. Stewart.

• "Why are there 3 relievers in this All Star game? Only Starters and Closers because relievers barely ever pitch or appear in a game. Why should a reliever for the Reds be in the All Star Game, when the MVP of the Reds, and possibly the MVP of the NL isn't on the team? Joey Votto is 4th in NL in homers, 5th in rbis, 4th in total bases, 7th in walks, 6th in runs and tied for 2nd in slugging percentage. Now seriously, who has more worth? A guy who is 3-2 who probably will only throw for one out or maybe not at all in the All Star game or a batter who hits .312 with 19 homers and 57 rbis. Obviously, it's the batter, Votto. Votto is on the All Star final vote which the fans can vote on. I strongly encourage everyone to vote for Joey Votto as the NL All Star Final Vote." -- Read M. Stewart's full post.

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Omar Infante and being an all star are concepts so radically different that the sole mention of those words together in a sentence in a positive manner causes a collapse in the center of the universe, whose energy travels around the space and acelerates the destruction of all known and unknown universe.

” -- trlp1712

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It is completely ridiculous that Votto doesn't get voted or selected by Players or Manager for this game. He leads ALL NL 1st Baseman in almost all offensive categories & leads all of them in Fielding %. Really, how do you leave this guy off your ballot or vote in? Unbelieveable. The league needs to select a panel of writers & bench coaches or something to select this team.

” -- romcilvain